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Jan 11 – Jan 24, 2024
 




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POH Podcasts
Vincent Spaulding Goes Home to Create a Community Center in a Part of Forgotten America

Vincent Spaulding is the Project Leader of the George Henry White Memorial Health & Education Center in Bladen and Columbus Counties, North Carolina.

He talks about how he used his architecture and community organizing skills honed in middle-class Washington, DC and “divine intervention” to turn a 120-year-old farm house into a community center in his home county, a part of the “other” America.


COVID
Get Four Free At-⁠home COVID-⁠19 Tests This Fall


African (Continental) Affairs
Online/Washington, DC
Howard University African Studies International Conference
Tue, Mar 12-Wed, Mar 13, free
- link coming soon

Art
New York
Harlem Arts Stroll
Emanuel AME Church
37 W 119th Street
Sat, Jan 13, 1p

San Francisco
Zanele Muholi: Eye Me
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 Third Street
Thu, Jan 18–Sun, Aug 11, $

Dakar
Senegal Dak’Art Festival
Wed, May 15–Fri, May 24 2024


Business
Gary, IN
Good Success Investor Meeting
featuring Gary housing renovator Joesph Peterson
2701 W 45th St
Thu, Jan 18, 5:30p-7:30p, $20

Business
Gary, IN
Good Success Investor Meeting
featuring Gary housing renovator Joesph Peterson
2701 W 45th St
Thu, Jan 18, 5:30p-7:30p, $20

The 5 Reasons Why The "United States Of AFRICA" May Fail

Exhibits
Macon, GA
Tyler Perry Exhibition
Tubman Museum
310 Cherry Street
Now until Feb 2025

Festival
Miami/ Plantation, FL
1st Annual Jamaica Brew Festival
West Regional Library
8601 W Broward Blvd
Sat, Jan 20 10:30a–5p

Food
Gary, IN
Dine with the Chefs
Meals on Wheels
Avalon Manor
3550 E US 30
Sun, Mar 3, 11a, $150

Film
Rustin

A United Kingdom
(released Nov 26)
History vs. Hollywood Findings

Games
ALL IN JEST TRIVIA!
Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts
540 S. Lake Street
Fri, Jan. 26, 7p, $10

History
Washington, DC
CR Gibbs
Justice Denied: The Roots of the Reparation Movement
Dorothy Height Library
Thu, Feb 1, 6p-8p

Washington, DC
CR Gibbs
The Underground Railroad in the DMV
Dorothy Height Library
Thu, Feb 8, 6p-8p

Health
Understanding Glaucoma Diagnostic Exams

Human Diversity
A Black Woman with White Skin Struggles To Fit In With Society

Woman Challenging Zakir Naik on Polygamy

Pastress Aggie About Her Ministry as A Transgender Pastor In Uganda

The “Deviant” African Genders That Colonialism Condemned

Best African Dads In The World: Meet The Aka Pygmy Fathers who are raising their children in a non-traditional manner

Southern Poverty Law Center
Jim Crow Literacy Test – Can You Pass?

In Memoriam
Maurice-Hines, Jr
Dr. Johari M. Amini-Hudson

King Day Events
Cleveland
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration
Cleveland Art Museum
11150 East Blvd
Jan 15, 10:00a–4p
Los Angeles
Kingdom Day Parade
Martin Luther King to Crenshaw Blvds
Mon, Jan 15, 10a-2p

Houston
MLK Birthday Observance: Public Health Epidemic of Gun Violence
Rothko Chapel
3900 Yupon St
Mon, Jan 15, 10a-8:30p, pay what you can

Washington, DC
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Parade
Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue from Marion Barry Avenue to Malcolm X Avenue, SE
Mon, Jan 15, 11a

Baltimore
King Day at Lewis Museum
830 E. Pratt St
Mon, Jan 15, 11a-8p, free

Atlanta
Health First Event
Oak Hill Child, Adolescent & Family Health Center
2805 Metropolitan Pkwy SW
Mon, Jan 15, 11-3p

Atlanta
M.L.K., Jr. Drive Thru Celebration – Food Distribution
Hosea Helps Headquarters
2545 Forrest Hills Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30015
Mon, Jan 15, 12p-4p

Money
Washington, DC
The Women Business Collaborative Trailblazer in Gender Equity and Diversity Award
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Fri, Jan 12, 5p-7p

Outdoors
Metro Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
admission is free on Sun, Tue, Thu, and Sat during Jan and Feb
(parking fee still applies)

Music
Clarksdale, MS
Delta Blues Museum Virtual Tours
Delta Blues Museum

Baltimore
Julia Bullock, soprano and Bretton Brown, piano
Shriver Hall
3400 N. Charles Street
Sun, Jan 14, 5:30p,$46, $10 students

Reparations
New York Will Set up a Commission to Consider Reparations for Slavery

Curricular Resources:
Reparations Math and Reparations History

Attorneys for 3 Last-Known Survivors of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Appeal Dismissed Reparations Case

Philadelphia Reparations Task Force solicits members, plans to officially launch in February

Shopping/Restaurants
Washington, DC
Anthony Driver Designs
Jewelry Maker
Eastern Market – next to first door
225 7th St, SE
Sats, 8a-6p, Suns 8a-5p, free

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Young Adults
Goombay Kids
Technology
ChatGPT Tutorial - A Crash Course on Chat GPT for Beginners

Television/Online
Richard III
PBS Great Performances
See Watch Full Episode

Theater
Washington, DC
The Sensational Sea Mink-Ettes
Woolly Mammoth
641 D ST. NW
Sun, Feb 4-Sun, Mar 3, 2024

Urban Planning
Washington, DC
Amanda Boston
The “New” New York: Race, Space, and Power in Gentrifying Brooklyn
Metropolitan Policy Center – Urban Speaker Series
American University 
Kerwin Hall Room 301
Thu, Feb. 22, 5:30p-6:30p

Young Adults
Online
National Museum of African American History and Culture Celebrates Black History Month

NMAAHC Kids Learning Together: Meet a Beekeeper!
Feb. 2, 11a–12p 

NMAAHC Kids Learning Together: Meet a Diver!
Feb. 9, 11a–12p 

Big Objects, Big Stories: Plywood Panel Mural from Resurrection City
Feb. 20, 11:30a–12:45p 

NMAAHC Kids Learning Together: Meet a Rock Climber!
Feb. 23, 11a–12p 

Read Africa Aloud
Features author readings with classroom applications and fun activities for children.

Goombay Kids
Makes History As First-Ever Caribbean Live-Action Children’s Series To Sign North American Streaming Deal (now available to over on Roku, Amazon FireTV, Apple TV and Android devices)


 
 
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